good way to get rid of pond aglae without using a uv sterilizers or chemical
- Thread starter kenjivaj
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More plants. thats all you can do unless you wanna spend money. just get hornwort and other awesome plants they will suck out the nutrients before the algae does
I've been using Elodea in my goldfish pond, and it grows pretty fast and keeps up with them munching on it. It's keeping the water pretty clean, and the water is getting clearer slowly but surely.
How does something that takes in co2 and off puts pure oxygen, equate to depleated oxygen?
trouble is koi will eat the tadpoles and the baby frogs before they get big enough...found that out the hard way. I also prefer plant filtration for algae and nitrates. As long as you're a diligent pond keeper it won't be an issue with cloging the filter.
You are correct about the plants during the day but at night the plants absorbs oxygen giving off CO2 forming carbonic acid which lowers the pH. I've been called many times in the morning about kois dying overnight.
Just finish builting it and wanted everyone to see my upgrade or add on to my pond. It a home made trickle protein skimmer. It will get rid of aglae, waste and more. I am running it with one pump to my 2 filter and the 1 skimmer. I am going too hide this skimmer in my brushes. My pond water is clear but as you can see skimmer water is not. Have not test it in green water yet. It should even work better in green water or overstocked fish water.
